It seems we are not the only ones waiting eagerly to see a “pipped” egg. Both parents spent 10 minutes in the box together this morning – possibly wondering what’s taking so long. As I wrote in yesterday’s post – hatching is a slow process with Peregrine falcons, and it can take days for a chick to emerge even after it breaks the first small hole in its egg shell. Even though we have not confirmed a “pip” or a hole in an egg yet, the adults may be hearing the young call inside the eggs. As of today it has been a full 33 days of incubation for the first 2 eggs laid. That should be all the time required. We’ll see what happens today.
